Cubism is a very important artistic style, and one of the most impactful art movements of the early twentieth century. Its unique visual style and abstract ideas inspired a plethora of future art movements such as Constructivism, Dadaism, De Stijl, Futurism, and many more. De Stijl artists in particular drew from Cubism’s adoption of pure abstraction, removal of any and all identifiable subject matter, and its mysticism about ideal geometric shapes. Continue reading →
De Stijl remerges almost half a century later in the Minimalist art movement, stripped from its fundamental depths and classic red, blue and yellow palate. Instead, Minimalism takes on the classic shapes and lines to redefine the purest abstraction. The attempt to remove all recognizable aspects in our life is displayed through Minimalism’s clarity, much like De Stijl’s harmony: “I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality of objects,” Piet Mondrian once said. Continue reading →
Issues in Contemporary Art 